Sorry to break it to you, but corsair ain't exactly buying those gpus at amazon. It is retailers that do the price gouging. They get it at a normal price - at about 750$ or so.
Still, one might say it is yet a good deal if buying a gpu off amazon is the other option, but there really isn't much of a difference. To the consumer it matters not whether it is amazon or corsair that pocket the difference. You still end up getting ripped off.
Dark times are coming for the DIY community, the plan is to basically let retailers jack part prices, so that normally priced components are only available to big OEMs.
The goal of course, is to capitalize on murdering the DIY, which historically has offered tremendous, unbeatable value when you don't pay pointless brand premium. Not to mention the full freedom at customization.
Why leave that money in the general population when it can be pocketed. By jacking retail prices so high that DIY builds end up as expressive as overpriced branded systems, if not even more expensive.
There is no capitalism, there is corporatism. Of course, one is pushing it by expecting a cog like you to get the subtle difference. At any rate, you will be fine, seeing how you seem to enjoy getting screwed.
Why did it go up in price by $500 for a chip that doesn't cost any more than the old one, and an unnecessary power supply upgrade? $3000 is a hell of an ask for $1700 in components.
That is horribly expensive, but with retail GPU prices for the 1080 Ti at well over $1200, it's probably not so great a time for companies like Corsair. It seems like its prudent to keep using an existing GPU if possible or maybe consider some other way of playing video games.
So I clicked the source link to see how things might look on the inside. OMG does the website suck. What happened to a simple gallery with multiple photos of different angles? What is this scroll a little, have a billion modals and animations and still can't really see how things are placed??? SAD.
Oh wow, you're right about Corsair's website. It's a huge turn-off when it comes to finding useful information. The miles-of-scrolling layout, the lack of valuable information or useful photos, and the excessive animations all combine in a trifecta of jarringly discordant design. I hope they fix that someday.
I hope they fix it TODAY. I will, however, settle for anytime before I would consider buying one of their products that I need any detailed information about.
I did a quick check on Pcpartpicker, I manually used the MSRP of the GPU, and I think the case itself is more than $100 though. The price came out to be about $2300 for the model that corsair sells for 2800. If you include the cost of labor and having a all-in-one warranty (let's say they combine into 150). Then Corsair is actually making about 15%, it's not that ridiculous. Below is the list https://pcpartpicker.com/list/JKCRsZ
As iter mentioned before; if you're going to include costs such as labour and warranty to reflect an accurate price assessment then you should not use MSRP; by definition these are suggested retail prices. Corsair will be making a killing with these, particularly as they buy in bulk (and most probably waaaay before the recent crypto currency price hike); I'd love to check the batch number for some of these 1080Tis and find out the manufacturing date. Looks like it's going to be a while before I need to upgrade my 295x2.
True, but there is no accurate number for those service, so I just included what I personally thought it would be reasonable for labor/warranty. For the bulk pricing part, that's true too. But keep in mind that we are comparing this prebuild with DIY at the end of the day. So the cost difference will be us buying parts ourselves vs buying a prebuild, there is no way that we can pay bulk pricing ourselves. So I think the difference between the current gpu pricing and MSRP alone already outweights the bulk pricing and inaccurancy on the labor part
I did a quick check on Pcpartpicker, I manually used the MSRP of the GPU, and I think the case itself is more than $100 though. The price came out to be about $2300 for the model that corsair sells for 2800. If you include the cost of labor and having a all-in-one warranty (let's say they combine into 150). Then Corsair is actually making about 15%, it's not that ridiculous. Below is the list https://pcpartpicker.com/list/JKCRsZ
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Piyodamari - Friday, February 16, 2018 - link
I was going say $2.8K - $3k is crazy.... but then I did a quick price check for 1080 TI and it actually make these price seems okay.......Samus - Friday, February 16, 2018 - link
Yeah, I just noticed the same thing. I grossly underestimated the cost of the 1080Ti. I thought they were $700 not $1200.WTF is going on with videocards!?
Dahak - Friday, February 16, 2018 - link
crypto currency minersfabarati - Saturday, February 17, 2018 - link
And dram prices. That has led to higher MSRP for GPUs, doubling of RAM price in a year and just higher prices for computers in general.iter - Friday, February 16, 2018 - link
Sorry to break it to you, but corsair ain't exactly buying those gpus at amazon. It is retailers that do the price gouging. They get it at a normal price - at about 750$ or so.Still, one might say it is yet a good deal if buying a gpu off amazon is the other option, but there really isn't much of a difference. To the consumer it matters not whether it is amazon or corsair that pocket the difference. You still end up getting ripped off.
Dark times are coming for the DIY community, the plan is to basically let retailers jack part prices, so that normally priced components are only available to big OEMs.
The goal of course, is to capitalize on murdering the DIY, which historically has offered tremendous, unbeatable value when you don't pay pointless brand premium. Not to mention the full freedom at customization.
Why leave that money in the general population when it can be pocketed. By jacking retail prices so high that DIY builds end up as expressive as overpriced branded systems, if not even more expensive.
iter - Friday, February 16, 2018 - link
In fact corsair probably get at the very least 10% discount as a volume client. So maybe as low as 650$ or even less.Hurr Durr - Saturday, February 17, 2018 - link
Oy vey, my autistic joke of a community is threatened by the EVILS OF CAPITALISM!iter - Saturday, February 17, 2018 - link
There is no capitalism, there is corporatism. Of course, one is pushing it by expecting a cog like you to get the subtle difference. At any rate, you will be fine, seeing how you seem to enjoy getting screwed.Samus - Friday, February 16, 2018 - link
Why did it go up in price by $500 for a chip that doesn't cost any more than the old one, and an unnecessary power supply upgrade? $3000 is a hell of an ask for $1700 in components.PeachNCream - Friday, February 16, 2018 - link
That is horribly expensive, but with retail GPU prices for the 1080 Ti at well over $1200, it's probably not so great a time for companies like Corsair. It seems like its prudent to keep using an existing GPU if possible or maybe consider some other way of playing video games.abrowne1993 - Saturday, February 17, 2018 - link
$1700? Are you from early 2017?darckhart - Friday, February 16, 2018 - link
So I clicked the source link to see how things might look on the inside. OMG does the website suck. What happened to a simple gallery with multiple photos of different angles? What is this scroll a little, have a billion modals and animations and still can't really see how things are placed??? SAD.PeachNCream - Friday, February 16, 2018 - link
Oh wow, you're right about Corsair's website. It's a huge turn-off when it comes to finding useful information. The miles-of-scrolling layout, the lack of valuable information or useful photos, and the excessive animations all combine in a trifecta of jarringly discordant design. I hope they fix that someday.BurntMyBacon - Monday, February 19, 2018 - link
I hope they fix it TODAY. I will, however, settle for anytime before I would consider buying one of their products that I need any detailed information about.shinnsd - Friday, February 16, 2018 - link
I did a quick check on Pcpartpicker, I manually used the MSRP of the GPU, and I think the case itself is more than $100 though. The price came out to be about $2300 for the model that corsair sells for 2800. If you include the cost of labor and having a all-in-one warranty (let's say they combine into 150). Then Corsair is actually making about 15%, it's not that ridiculous. Below is the listhttps://pcpartpicker.com/list/JKCRsZ
K_Space - Sunday, February 18, 2018 - link
As iter mentioned before; if you're going to include costs such as labour and warranty to reflect an accurate price assessment then you should not use MSRP; by definition these are suggested retail prices. Corsair will be making a killing with these, particularly as they buy in bulk (and most probably waaaay before the recent crypto currency price hike); I'd love to check the batch number for some of these 1080Tis and find out the manufacturing date. Looks like it's going to be a while before I need to upgrade my 295x2.shinnsd - Sunday, February 18, 2018 - link
True, but there is no accurate number for those service, so I just included what I personally thought it would be reasonable for labor/warranty. For the bulk pricing part, that's true too. But keep in mind that we are comparing this prebuild with DIY at the end of the day. So the cost difference will be us buying parts ourselves vs buying a prebuild, there is no way that we can pay bulk pricing ourselves. So I think the difference between the current gpu pricing and MSRP alone already outweights the bulk pricing and inaccurancy on the labor partshinnsd - Friday, February 16, 2018 - link
I did a quick check on Pcpartpicker, I manually used the MSRP of the GPU, and I think the case itself is more than $100 though. The price came out to be about $2300 for the model that corsair sells for 2800. If you include the cost of labor and having a all-in-one warranty (let's say they combine into 150). Then Corsair is actually making about 15%, it's not that ridiculous. Below is the listhttps://pcpartpicker.com/list/JKCRsZ
shinnsd - Friday, February 16, 2018 - link
sorry double post, i thought the last one didn't go throughthetuna - Saturday, February 17, 2018 - link
Do it more often. Maybe anandtech will discover editing...piroroadkill - Monday, February 19, 2018 - link
I'd personally rather build a standard machine in a Dan A4-SFX....